Product Details
A NEAR MINT CASED 80-BORE WEBLEY BENTLEY WEDGE FRAME SELF COCKING SIX SHOT PERCUSSION REVOLVER, CIRCA 1855, no visible serial number,
with 4 1/4in. octagonal Birmingham proofed barrel rifled with seven grooves, bead front-sight, the muzzle decorated with an engraved band and foliate scroll work at the breech, under barrel rammer of elegant form and design and held in place by a spring clip on the underside of the barrel near the muzzle, open top frame with fixed vee notch rearsight located on a standing platform projecting from the fixed breech, the left-hand side of the frame is fitted with a detachable plate to facilitate inspection and access to the lock mechanism, above this is fitted a spring safety that the hammer nose rests on when pushed in, the revolver has a cased hardened six shot cylinder (six shot cylinders are rare on English percussion revolvers), the chequered figured and flared long curving grips are fitted with an iron butt-cap with hinged trap for spare percussion caps, the frame butt-cap, trigger-guard and even the trigger are decorated with foliate scroll work, the revolver has virtually all its original finish, blue to barrel and frame and case colours to cylinder and butt-trap, the revolver is contained in its original green baize lined oak case with key, accessories include flask, mould, turnscrew and laquered cap tin, this is an exceptional piece, Webley Bentley revolvers are rarely found in this condition
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Estimate £1,100-1,400